1. E Ink and its supply chain (or value chain) partners will comply with relevant international and local laws and regulations to avoid setting up operating sites or factories in globally or nationally significant areas of biodiversity or neighboring regions.
2. E Ink and its supply chain (or value chain) partners will avoid activities that damage or affect protected forests and species, ensure that operations of the Company do not involve deforestation, and avoid development in forest-covered areas, areas of high conservation value, and peatlands.
3. If E Ink's operations are in neighboring critical areas of biodiversity or involve changes in land use, including factory construction, adjustment of land allocation and use, and use of vacant land, the Company should evaluate the possible ecological value loss and work towards achieving biodiversity-related targets through reforestation or other restoration actions, compensating to achieve no net loss.
4. If E Ink and its supply chain (or value chain) partners have operational activities in neighboring critical areas of biodiversity, they will adopt measures such as avoid, reduce, regenerate, restore and transform in order to mitigate ecological impact in sequence.
5. E Ink actively supports biodiversity conservation initiatives and conducts biodiversity risk assessments.
6. E Ink promotes concepts of biodiversity and forest conservation and no deforestation to employees, shareholders, customers, supply chain (or value chain) partners, and other internal and external stakeholders, enhancing the Company’s awareness of environmental and ecological protection.
7. E Ink collaborates with supply chain (or value chain) partners and external stakeholders to support biodiversity and forest conservation and ecological protection.
8. E Ink's "Supplier Code of Conduct" requires supply chain partners (including first-tier suppliers and non-first-tier suppliers) to jointly comply with this commitment.
9. E Ink will not purchase from suppliers that knowingly cause biodiversity loss, deforestation, or violate regulations.
10. E Ink aims to achieve a net positive impact on the environment and ecology by 2030 at all global operating sites, striving to maintain biodiversity.
11. E Ink aims to achieve no gross deforestation by 2030 at all global operating sites, striving to protect and maintain forests.
